OLD Records Store _ Stuttgart_Germany

[Tanoj]

Hi Friends,

Yesturday i visited a very Big Record Store at Stuttgart, Germany.

The name of the Store is "Second Hand records" Address: Leuschnerstrae 3, 70174 Stuttgart, Germany

I picked three records there, however i went blank after the glance of so many records at the store

I could only remember "Hotel California ( However i did not find it and the store keeper ordered it from somewere which i will pick this weekend ), Eagles

The prices are varying from 4 Euro to 20 Euro

Friends i am looking for suggestions for the Lables which are "Must to have" vinyl records

Not to Mention the Store Keeper was very Friendly

Best Regards

Tanoj

 

[gangof4]

Almost all major German cities have multiple used record stores. It is great place to buy used vinyl. But prices are steep. Then again prices are steep here in India as well.

 

[reubensm]

Yes, I visited quite a few record stores in the United States as well. Compared to online shopping on eBay, these are definitely expensive but the charm of visiting a record store is something different. I have spent weekends at record stores, sifting through the records. Reminds me of my childhood days when Dad and Mom used to take us to the record store. To put some numbers to the mill, generic titles cost about $2 to $5 online, while they would cost between $7 and $15 at the typical store. At times, stores have $1 or $2 record sales but most of these titles are not very tasteful (more of those that never sell). If you go for specific titles from popular artists or groups, you will end up paying between $10 and $30 online, while you'd end up paying between $15 and $45 at a typical store.

 

[Tanoj]

Re: OLD Records Store _ Stuttgart_Germany_Visit 2

Visit 2

Yesturday i picked the below tites

1. Wall
2. Dark side of Moon
3. Bryan Adams - summer of 69
4 The Alan Parsons Project
5 Eagles - Hotel California

It costed me 49 Euros for the above 5 records

Regards

Tanoj

 

[peace_sells]

Re: OLD Records Store _ Stuttgart_Germany_Visit 2

Visit 2

Yesturday i picked the below tites

1. Wall
2. Dark side of Moon
3. Bryan Adams - summer of 69
4 The Alan Parsons Project
5 Eagles - Hotel California

It costed me 49 Euros for the above 5 records

Regards

Tanoj

That's almost 700 per LP. I went to this Antique Palace in Bangalore (it's a shop on the 1st floor in Unity Building near Town Hall). I found an Indian pressing of Pink Floyd's Meddle there. I asked him the price. He said proudly "4000 rupees sir". I had lot of swear words going on in mind but then I thought ..ok maybe the record is near mint. I pulled out the record and it was in a horrible state! :indifferent14: I just looked at him in disgust.

Worst part about that place is..he prices the LPs based on the band/artist. Nothing else! All Judas Priest, Pink Floyd, Beatles, ZZ Top records 4000 rupees..whatever be the condition!

 

[Selvin]

Re: OLD Records Store _ Stuttgart_Germany_Visit 2

That's almost 700 per LP. I went to this Antique Palace in Bangalore (it's a shop on the 1st floor in Unity Building near Town Hall). I found an Indian pressing of Pink Floyd's Meddle there. I asked him the price. He said proudly "4000 rupees sir". I had lot of swear words going on in mind but then I thought ..ok maybe the record is near mint. I pulled out the record and it was in a horrible state! :indifferent14: I just looked at him in disgust.

Worst part about that place is..he prices the LPs based on the band/artist. Nothing else! All Judas Priest, Pink Floyd, Beatles, ZZ Top records 4000 rupees..whatever be the condition!

Almost all Bangalore record collectors knows about him and his pricing. He casually ask Rs. 1000 for common LP's which sometime we may say no even if given as free. Two years back he asked me Rs.40,000 for a Cosmic TT.

 

[Fantastic]

Maybe people should pick up 'new' pressings also. Often they are 200gm vinyl and using better material. Most likely the mastering is also better (?). They average around US$20/- . No one is going to buy a huge number at one time.
Buying an old poor quality disc at thousands of rupees isn't worth it in my opinion. Even at 700/- a good disc might be OK. But a new pressing ( supported by good reviews!) at 1.2K is worth more.
But we all make our own choices and opinions will always differ. Suggest you guys go to Singapore to get good discs at much lower than insane prices. The most expensive one I saw was S$40/- , the average being around S$20/-. Used albums were below S$20/-. I think averaging S$12 to S$15 .

 

[Tanoj]

I forgot to mention

the Eagles - Hotel California is a new record ( new pressing / unopened ) which costed me 19 Euros

Regards

Tanoj

 

[greenhorn]

in europe, best places to look are local classifieds, flea markets & discogs

 

[Fantastic]

Would it be a problem carting back a whole pile of vinyl records ? They would weigh quite a bit apart from volume. Wonder what customs would say back here ! Some may never have seen a vinyl album !

 

[soulforged]

I have brought back around 35-40 records with me on a couple of occasions...had no issues...

 

[greenhorn]

Would it be a problem carting back a whole pile of vinyl records ? They would weigh quite a bit apart from volume. Wonder what customs would say back here ! Some may never have seen a vinyl album !

I have not had issues with customs, as long as you stay within the 45K limit, no problems.

I had even bought back a big lot through cargo, had to deal with customs for that but having some contacts insided helped things smoothly - had to pay only reasonable fees

 

[Naturelover]

I brought 40 LPs through Mumbai in July 14. No problem with customs.

 

[reubensm]

Yes, hand carrying is the best option. Shipping attracts import duty. I have bought upto 100 records (wife and I carried 50 each) with absolutely no worries. The guys at the scanner did not even know what they were

 

[keith_correa]

...Friends i am looking for suggestions for the Lables which are "Must to have" vinyl records...

Let me attempt to bring this on topic. Everyone seems to have forgotten what you asked them. What genres of music do you listen to?

 

[Tanoj]

Let me attempt to bring this on topic. Everyone seems to have forgotten what you asked them. What genres of music do you listen to?

Thank you keith_correa for your kind gesture

I have been listining to whatever sounds good to my ears ....

i remember in 90's i used to listen to albums like

Ace of Base
Lion King
Nothings gonna change my love for you ( i dont remember the album name)

Now a days i listen to

Anne bisson
Norah Johnes
Eagles
Best of audiophiles albums
Alice in Chains
Nirvana

I like the songs which has nice sounds of insruments, drums which would sound good on speakers ... very difficult to explain

Thank you in Advance

Happy Diwali to everyone

Tanoj

 

[keith_correa]

Creed?
Barclay James Harvest?
Scorpions? - surely will be available in Germany
Motley Crue?
Chris Rea?
Credence Clearwater Revival?
Chicago?
April Wine?
Bad English?
Billy Squier?
Bob Marley?
Boston?
John Mellencamp?
Ozzy Osbourne?

 

[vnmathur57]

Lynyrd Skynyrd
Bad Company
Fleetwood Mac
Or, J.J.Cale

 

[eddie_fox]

Hi Tanoj,

I visit Stuttgart a lot for business reasons. Thanks for the address. Will look it up next time.

 

[Hiten]

Traffic : low spark of high heeled boys
Neil Young - Harvest moon
ZZ top - eliminator
The Police - Synchronicity
Fleetwood mac - Rumors
U2 - The Joshua Tree
The Doors - The Doors
Steely Dan - Aja
Marvin Gaye - Whats going on
...so many good old music albums

Dave Brubeck - Take Five
Thelonious Monk - Monk's Dream
Miles davis - kind of blue
Best of Bill evans

J J Cale, Johny Cash

Tracy Chapman, Sade for voice

Some artists are beyond particular albums and songs
Nina Simone, Mahalia Jackson

Mahallia is a gospel singer. I have two albums, when I feel like listening to her I listen on my PC. As I dont want to ruin my albums until I get very good turntable.

Regards